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Sarcopenia and frailty as predictors of surgical morbidity and oncologic outcomes in retroperitoneal sarcoma.

Aida NasirisharghMonica GrovaCyrus P BateniSean J JudgeMiriam A NunoUgur Nur BasmaciRobert J CanterSarah B Bateni
Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2023)
This study suggests that sarcopenia may be utilized as a measure of overall fitness, rather than a cancer-specific risk, and the mFI is a poor predictive measure of outcomes in RPS.
Keyphrases
  • skeletal muscle
  • community dwelling
  • papillary thyroid
  • physical activity
  • metabolic syndrome
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • squamous cell
  • minimally invasive
  • lymph node metastasis
  • weight loss